%0 Journal Article %@ 16121317 %A Awang, M. %A Mohammadpour, E. %A Muhammad, I.D. %D 2016 %F scholars:7272 %I Springer Science and Business Media B.V. %J Engineering Materials %K Carbon nanotubes; Graphene; Tensile strength; Yarn, Armchair graphene; Crystallographic defects; Graphene sheets; Strain relationship; Structural mechanics models, Defects %P 165-173 %R 10.1007/978-3-319-03197-2₉ %T Influence of Defects on the Strength of Graphene and Carbon Nanotube %U https://khub.utp.edu.my/scholars/7272/ %X As with every material, the presence of a crystallographic defect influences the material properties. Defects can occur in various forms with significant effect. With high levels of such defects can lower the tensile strength by up to 85 1. In general, three types of defects are reported in the CNTs 2, 3. © 2016, Springer International Publishing Switzerland. %Z cited By 0